Fun Fact Friday

This is from a website called baba-mail.com. You can try them out in your manuscripts or in daily conversations…makes one look highly educated. Impress your friends. Heck, impress yourself! I loved all the names for groups of cats. And a Wisdom of Elephants. And here is the link so you can see the pictures: http://www.ba-bamail.com/Content.aspx?emailid=12511&memberid=891932&MemberId=891932

Can You Name These Animal Groups?

Many kinds of animals tend to live in groups. We know fish have schools, wolves have packs and cattle has herds, but English is such a rich language that most animal groups have their own, unique name. Here are the best 37 examples I found:

A group of woodpeckers is called a Descent

A group of kangaroos is a Mob or a Troop

When flamingos group together, they’re called a Flamboyance

When it comes to cats, a group has many names, like: Clowder, Clutter, Pounce, Dout, Nuisance, Glare, and my favorite – a Glorying

Hamsters become a Horde

Zebras group into a Zeal or a Dazzle

Bunch bears together and you get a Sleuth

These prairie dogs are a Coterie

Vultures form a Venue (but if they’re circling, they’re a Kettle)

Badgers, bunched together are a Company

Wombats become a Wisdom

Finches in a group are a Charm

These eagles are a Convocation

Larks are Exaltation or Ascension

Everyone knows about a Murder of crows

Sharks swim in Shivers

Chicks flock in Peeps

Mice are a Mischief

These frogs are an Army

Wild gnus – an Implausibility

Seals are a Pod, a Harem or Bob

Elephants come in a Memory

Foxes together, are a Leash, Skulk, or Troop

A group of porcupines makes for a Prickle

Owls are a Parliament

Ducks on the ground are a Brace or a Badling, in the water they’re a Raft, a Team, or a Paddling

A group of doves is called a Piteousness

These otters, together, are called Bevy or Romp

A group of young penguins is known as a Crèche

When apes are together, they’re called a Shrewdness

A hippo herd is known as a Bloat

A swam of butterflies is called a Flutter

Bring baboons together and you get a Congress (which explains a-lot)

Cheetahs form Coalitions

When it comes to ravens, you can choose between Unkindness and Storytelling